Type.Equals Method (Object)
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration Public Overrides Function Equals ( _ o As Object _ ) As Boolean 'Usage Dim instance As Type Dim o As Object Dim returnValue As Boolean returnValue = instance.Equals(o)
Parameters
- o
- Type: System.Object
The Object whose underlying system type is to be compared with the underlying system type of the current Type.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the underlying system type of o is the same as the underlying system type of the current Type; otherwise, false. This method also returns false if the object specified by the o parameter is not a Type.
Implements
_Type.Equals(Object)This method overrides Object.Equals.
The following example uses Equals to compare two Object instances.
Imports System Imports System.Reflection Class Example Public Shared Sub Main() Dim a As Type = GetType(System.Object) Dim b As Type = GetType(System.Object) Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) ' The Type objects in a and b are equal, ' because they represent System.Object. a = GetType(Example) b = New Example().GetType() Console.WriteLine("{0} is equal to {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) ' The Type objects in a and b are equal, ' because they both represent type Example. b = GetType([Object]) Console.WriteLine("typeof({0}).Equals(typeof({1})): {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) ' The Type objects in a and b are not equal, ' because variable a represents type Example ' and variable b represents type Object. 'Console.ReadLine(); End Sub End Class ' ' This code example produces the following output: ' System.Object = System.Object: True ' Example is equal to Example: True ' typeof(Example).Equals(typeof(System.Type)): False '
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